April 25, 2005
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NEXT IN LOBO BASEBALL
New Mexico (19-22) at Texas Tech (25-14)
TUESDAY, APRIL 26 — 5:30 P.M. MT — LUBBOCK, TEXAS — DAN LAW FIELD
MEDIA COVERAGE:
RADIO: Live audio available for purchase at www.TexasTech.com.
LIVE STATS: Live stats via Gametracker available at www.GoLobos.com.
SERIES INFORMATION: Texas Tech leads the all-time series, 45-30-1. The Red Raiders defeated the Lobos earlier this season in Lubbock on Feb. 8, 18-6. UNM is 14-32 all-time in Lubbock.
PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUP:
Tuesday:UNM: #18 RH Tyler Cales (0-0, 4.90 ERA, 7.1 IP, 6 K)vs.TXT: #33 RH Billy Carnline (5-1, 4.30 ERA, 44.0 IP, 38 K)
LOBOS AND RED RAIDERS TO MEET FOR SECOND TIME THIS SEASON: The New Mexico baseball team continues its four-game road swing with a single game at Texas Tech Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. MT. Live stats of the game will be available at GoLobos.com. This is the second of three meetings this season between the two clubs. Texas Tech topped UNM back on Feb. 8, 18-6. The final meeting will be next Tuesday, May 3 in Lubbock.
New Mexico will send freshman right-hander Tyler Cales to the mound on Tuesday. Cales, a native of San Antonio, Texas, will be making his first career start. In eight appearances this season, Cales is 0-0 with a 4.91 ERA and six strikeouts in 6.1 innings.
Texas Tech enters the game with a 25-14 overall record. The Red Raiders, 7-9 in Big 12 play, split a two-game set against Kansas over the weekend; Sunday’s game was rained out.
The Lobos are coming off a disappointing weekend in Las Vegas, as UNLV swept a key three-game set. UNM scored plenty of runs – 34 in the series – but it wasn’t enough as the Rebels put up 47 on the board. The Lobos fell in game one, 11-8, and lost game two, 20-11. In the series finale, UNM led 14-8 going into the bottom of the eighth, but the Rebels rallied for six runs to tie the game and send it into extra-innings. New Mexico scored one run in the top of the 10th to take a 15-14 lead, but UNLV came back once again, plating two unearned runs in the bottom of the 10th in the heartbreaking 16-15 loss.
Jordan Pacheco went 9-for-16 with eight runs and two homers at UNLV last weekend. |
New Mexico (19-22) is now fourth in the Mountain West standings with a 9-9 league mark, five games behind leaders BYU and UNLV, who are both 14-4. San Diego State is in third at 9-7 after taking four games from Air Force over the weekend. Utah is in fifth at 6-12, Air Force in sixth at 0-16.
ON DECK
The Lobos return to conference play with a three-game series at Isotopes Park this weekend (April 29-May 1) against Utah. Friday’s game is set for 6 p.m., Saturday is at 2 p.m. and Sunday is at 1 p.m. Please note that Saturday’s original game time was 6 p.m. and was moved up to 2 p.m. due to the Pow Wow festivities at The Pit. Sunday’s game is Youth Day and Pen Pal Day.
HISTORY LESSON – LOBOS VS. RED RAIDERS 101
Texas Tech leads the all-time series that dates back to 1962, 45-30-1
UNM is 14-32 all-time in Lubbock
Coach Alday is 11-31 all-time vs. Texas Tech; 4-21 at Dan Law Field
Texas Tech defeated UNM on Feb. 8, 18-6; they meet again May 3 in Lubbock
New Mexico’s last victory in Lubbock arrived on Feb. 2, 2003, as UNM beat Tech 9-6 in game three of a season-opening series…the Lobos have lost three in a row at Dan Law Field
The Red Raiders are 7-3 in the last 10 games of the series
THE FIRST TIME AROUND – TEXAS TECH 18, NEW MEXICO 6 (Feb. 8)
Texas Tech defeated the Lobos, 18-6, Tuesday, Feb. 8 before 1,941 at Dan Law Field
The Lobos scored five runs in the top of the third to go up 5-1, but the Red Raiders scored at least one run in every inning after that point in the victory
Jordan Pacheco went 3-for-4 with two runs scored
The Lobos rattled off six consecutive hits in the third inning while scoring five runs
Chris Carlson collected his first hits as a Lobo, going 2-for-5 with a two-run double
In his first career start, freshman Bobby Moore threw three innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits and two strikeouts
The Lobos used seven pitchers in the contest…Jesse Perez took the loss after giving up four runs and five hits in the decisive third inning
THE ESSENTIALS: CLIFF NOTES FROM THE UNLV SERIES
The Rebels swept the Lobos in three games last weekend (April 22-24) in Las Vegas
Jordan Pacheco hit .563 in the series (9-for-16) with eight runs, four RBI and two homers
Chris Carlson went 5-for-10 with seven RBI and four runs in the series
The Lobos hit .347 as a team with 34 runs, 42 hits and six homers, but allowed 47 runs and 56 hits as the Rebels hit .438 as a team
UNLV knocked out Lobo starter Jason Fernandez after three innings in the 11-8 win on Friday
Pacheco went 4-for-5 with three runs scored in Saturday’s 20-11 loss
UNM lost the series finale, 16-15, in 10 innings…the Rebels scored six in the bottom of the eighth to erase a 14-8 Lobo lead…the Lobos scored one in the 10th, but UNLV rallied for two unearned runs in the bottom of the inning for the victory
GET OUT THOSE BINOCULARS – LOBOS TO WATCH
Daniel Stovall is one of 126 players currently on the Wallace Watch List for College Baseball Player of the Year. |
Sophomore first baseman Daniel Stovall is looking to top his sensational freshman campaign that landed him spots on the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America and All-Mountain West teams. He is currently one of 126 players on the Wallace Watch Award list, which is given out to college baseball’s top player. He was also named Baseball America’s preseason Mountain West Player of the Year. Stovall hit .347 with 12 homers, 14 doubles and 34 RBI last year. Stovall is certainly avoiding the sophomore jinx, as he’s improving in every offensive category this season – he’s batting .379 with six homers, 46 RBI and 15 doubles.
Freshman Jordan Pacheco, who led Albuquerque’s La Cueva High School to back-to-back state championships, is making a nice transition to Division I collegiate baseball. The second baseman leads the Mountain West in batting (.422), hits (73), slugging (.723) and runs (50). He also ranks among the Mountain West leaders in on-base percentage (.466), homers (10) and triples (four). Pacheco had a 19-game hitting streak earlier this season. Against UNLV, Pacheco was 9-for-16 (.563) with eight runs, four RBI and two homers.
Sophomore DH/outfielder Chris Carlson is one of the top sluggers in the Mountain West – he leads the league in doubles (17) and walks (31). He also ranks among the top five in the MWC in runs (49), RBI (53), slugging (.709) and on-base percentage (.474), while batting .378 with eight homers.
Senior outfielder Garrick Haymore is second on the team with a .386 batting average and leads the team with a .434 average in conference games. Haymore, who hit three triples in the Air Force series, leads the nation with nine for the season.
Catcher Jeff Grady leads the team with 11 dingers, including a monster grand slam that hit the top of the scoreboard in left-center field at Isotopes Park March 25 vs. UNLV. Grady has hit the scoreboard twice this season and has also hit two grand slams. He collected his second multi-homer game of the season April 17 vs. Air Force. Grady has 30 career homers, which ranks fifth best in New Mexico history.
DON’T LEAVE FOR THE BALLPARK WITHOUT THEM – CAN’T MISS NOTES
The Lobos claimed their 1400th win in program history with their 11-6 win March 4 vs. Northern Colorado. UNM is 1414-1298-14 (.521) all-time in its history.
Coach Alday, already the winningest coach in New Mexico history, is four wins shy of claiming his 950th career victory. He won his 450th game at New Mexico on April 17 in the second game of a doubleheader against Air Force. Alday is 946-661-3 all-time, and 450-441-3 at UNM.
The Lobos are 15-8 at home this season at Isotopes Park….UNM is 29-22-1 all-time at The Lab.
UNM tied an NCAA record with 11 consecutive hits in the second inning of the March 11 game against Savannah State, a 20-7 win…16 consecutive Lobos reached base to start the inning, four shy of tying another NCAA mark…all in all, the Lobos scored 15 runs and collected 13 hits in the inning.
Get out the brooms – the Lobos have five three-game series sweeps this season (New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, Savannah State, Utah, Air Force), the most since the 2000 season, when the regular season champs got out the brooms six times.
INNING EATERS
The Lobo starting pitching corps of Jason Fernandez, Danny Ray Herrera and Darren Coltrinari have pitched the majority of the innings in Mountain West Conference play for UNM (76 percent, or 122.1 innings out of a possible 160.2). Coltrinari (3-0 in MWC action) leads the league with 44.2 innings hurled, while Herrera is second at 40.2 and Fernandez is sixth at 37.0
AROUND THE HORN –
AT THE PLATE…
New Mexico leads the Mountain West with 28 triples and a .403 on-base percentage. The Lobos are second to BYU in batting (.330), slugging (.538), hits (503), doubles (95), RBI (322), homers (53) and total bases (819).
ON THE MOUND…
The Lobo pitching staff is fifth in the league with an 8.07 ERA and second with 310 strikeouts.
IN THE FIELD…
The Lobos are first in the conference with a .963 fielding percentage.